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LANTERN. No. 288,237. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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LANTERN.

SPECIFICATIO' forming'part oft Ltters Patent No. 283,237, dated August 14, 1883. f Y 'l pplication lcd June 16, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom 111'; may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs L HAM, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of lanterns in which the plate,`

disk, or fring which supports the globe is providedwith a device whereby it can belifted from the burner-cone for exposing the latter,

. globe is required to be cleaned or renewed,

and the object of my invention is to obviate this difficulty and to render the operation of applying and removing the globe easy and convenient.

My -invention consists; to that end, in hinging the globe-supporting" plate, disk, or ring to the lifting frame or device, so that said plate can be tipped or tilted. for applying or i removing the globe, whereby these operations are greatly facilitated, -as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. A

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets, Figure l is an elevation of a lantern provided with my improvement, the globe being lowered. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the globe raised. Fig.A 3 is an elevation of the lower part of the lantern at rightangles to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lower part of the lantern, showing.. the globesupport tilted or inclined. Fig. 5 is a hori- `zontal section in line a x, l, looking upward.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts inthe several figures.

A represents the base of the lantern; B B,

. the side tubes;` C, the central air-inlet tube,

and D the bell, made vertically movable thereon. Allof these parts may be of any `wellknown or suitable construction.

E represents the burner-cone; F, the perforated plate, disk, or ring surrounding the burner-cone, and G the globe resting on the f plate or diskF. 1

h 7L represent side wires or rods whereby the plate F is attached to the movable bell D, and

which are provided with indentations which interlock with loops z', secured to the side tubes,

B, for securing the movable globe-frame in its` lowest position.

j j are wires or rods extending upwardly from the bell D and terminating '-above the tubes in a thumb-piece, k, which can be seized for raising and lowering the movable globeframe.`

lis `an elastic ring or annular spring-catch per end of the globe is removably supported fromlthe bell in a well-known manner. t

n represents the horizontal portion ofthe attached to the bell D, and whereby the up.-

wire frame by which the globe is supported,A y

and which extends across the plate or disk F,

on the under side thereof, andconnects the 'providedwith asemicircular bend, o, to clear the burner-cone, as clearly shown.

"p represents a hinge whereby the plate or disk F is attached to the bent portion o of the wire frame in such manner that the plate F can be tipped or inclined 011 its hinge when desired.

The plate F rests in its normal position upon the lower portion, a o, of the wire frame.

end of the globe, and drawing the upper end` ofthe globe forward from under the catch- "ring, the plate F is turned `on its hinge so as to assume an inclined position, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 3, whereby the plate F is caused to follow or conformto the inclined position of the globe, and the front portion of the hinged plate is lowered, while its rear portion is raised. This change in the position of the supporting-plate F occurs simultaneous with thechange in the position f the globe, and enables the globe to be readily removed from the plate and as readily to be placed on the platewhen the latter is properly inclined, and renders the application and removal of the globe to the lifting-frame very easy andY convenient.

The particular construction of the liftingframe herein shown` and described is not ma- Upon releasing the catch-ring Z at the upper IOO terial, and my invention may be applied to lifting frames or devices of various constructions with the same effect.

I claim as my inventionl 1. In a lantern, the combination, with a globe-supporting frame capable of 'being raised or lifted from the burner, of a globe-supportv ing plate, disk, or ring hinged or pivoted to the movable frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a lantern, the combination, with a io movable globe-supporting frame, having side Wires, h h, and a bottom connection; n o, of a plate or disk, F, hinged to said bottom connection, substantially as set forth,

, CHARLES T. HAM. Witnesses:

' P: L. SALMON,

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